Liquid-distributing apparatus



P 1 2 F. GOUVION' LIQUID DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS l In a1 40 sures-by itself the Patented Sept. 13, 1927;

UNITED STATES 1,642,302 PATENT OFFICE;

FRANZ eouvron, or nnusszns, antenna LIQUID-DISTRIBUTING arranarus.

Original; application filed January 24, 1923, Serial 110. 014,106, and in Belgium January 24; 1922.

mvi'aea and this application filed This invention relates to'apparatus for delivering liquids. in measured .uantities by volume in which any suitable iquid is ex-. actly measured whatever may be its density by the utilization of two measuring vessels, the. level of liquid in the said vessels being determined absolutely by an overflow pipe through which excess liquid is returned to I the supply reservoir and the air under pressure, which escapes from the one vessel which is -being filled is used, for accelerating the discharge of the other vessel.

The present invention is a divisional application of applicants copending ap lication for Letters Patent of the'United tates for Liquid distributing apparatus filed Jan. 24, 1923, Ser. 614,706.

An apparatus as above stated has been described in this copending application Ser.

2 614,706 each vessel-being surmounted by a sightin glass chamber from which the overflow tu e starts. a

According to the present invention the measuring vessel proper is connected to a chamber enclosing the end of the overflow ipe by,two apertures formed .in a se aratmg partition one of the holes being 0 very smal cross section whilstthe other is of larger section and is adapted to be closed pip automaticall by a valve at the moment the vessel is entlrely filled with liquid.

If a single hole of small diameter only were provided the entrance and escape of air into and from the vessels would delay the filling and dischar ing-of the latter and would consequently re ucethe speedof distribution of .the apparatus. 1 enthemeasuring vessel proper is completely filled the hole of small section enpassage of air expelled this vessel and subsedurin the filling o quent y the passage of the liquid which rises into the sighting chamber to pass into the overflow pipe. V

This latter chamber which is ied by a hole of small section may thus be of very small capacity so that the volume of the overflow is itself reduced and as a consequence the overflow collectin chamber may be much smaller while the slze of thepipe which leads to the reservoirmay be particularly reduced. By this means unnecessaryv pumping of a large-quantity of liguid to be returned to the reservoir is avoids p A large hole is nevertheless provided as by this fact alone so that the air October 19, 1925. Serial No. 63,504.

' the other and as the capacity of the overflow chamber which is common to both vessels, may be reduced, the volume of the deleterious space between the two latter is reduced assing from the vessel which is being filled to the gauge. vessel which is being emptied is transmitted with greater rapidit and intensity by reason of the diminution of the deleterious space. One form of construction of the apparatus incorporating the present improvement will be found illustrated as an example in the accompanying drawings, in whic Fig. 1 is a sectional side view of a measuring and distributing apparatus having two measuring vessels. v Fig. 2' is a view inmvertical section showing diagrammatically the two p which form connection between the meas- ,uring vessel a proper and the upper chamber containing the overflow pipe.

. The two vessels a A are surmounted by overflow chambers 6 b having overflow pipes 0 0, connecting withsthe common. overflow collector d whence the excess liquid is returned to the main reservoir by the e 0.. u The partitionflf which separates each vessel from its over ow chamber is formed with an aperture 9 ,of small cross section and an aperture in of much lar er cross section, the latter hole being continued below the partition by a short pipe 5 provided with a box j containing a ball valve'k. This valve box" has lateral holes I and furtherqforms a spherical seat m for the ball valve k.

The qperation of the arrangement above describe will beeasily understood and isas follows.

When the vessel (1 is filled the air escapes therefrom ractically without resistance by reason of t e large size of the hole h; the liquid which rises rapidly enters the box j and lifts the ball valve 1: which is thus I i pressed on its. seal m and closes the hole on the completion of the filling; The impetus of the risin liquid accelerates itspassage through t e small hole; g and causes it to rise very rapidly abovethe level of the overflow ipe a; owing'to the ivery small capacity 0 the overflow chain er j vAs' soon as'the discharge of the v i a, 1

commences, the 'valve 70 leaves its seat on and the air forced out by the filling of the vessel a can easily pass through the large hole It in order to cause a rapid discharge.

What I claim-is: Liquid measuring and distributing .apparatus comprising a pair of measuring receptacles, means to Suppl? them alternately with liquid an overflow uct leading from each of said receptacles, an excess liquid receiving receptacle into which said ducts discharge, said ducts so establishing pneumatic communication between the said measuring receptacles so that air is caused to assbetween said measuring receptacles while they are alternately filled and em tied, and a duct for the discharge of liqui from said excess liquid receiving receptacle, each of said measuring receptacles having an overflow chamber at its upper end into which the intake end of the overflow duct extends, and also having a partition separating said chamber from said rece tacle, said partition having a relatively sma opening establishing communicationbetween said chamber and the receptacle and also having a relatively large opening also establishlng communlcation between them, and a float valve active to close said large opening a short time before the liquid in the measuring receptacle reaches the said artition. I

In witness whereof I a my signature.

FRAN Z GOUVION. 

